Ancient Greek authors

Ancient Greek authors

by Briggs, Ward W.

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Essays on the authors of Greek literature. Discusses various genres, including: the Homeric epic; seventh and sixth century lyric poetry; drama including tragedies; the choral lyric; prose; philosophy and rhetoric; scholarship; didactic poetry and history. Covers authors considered the greatest authors of classical Greece. Christian writers are not included in this volume nor are writers of the Byzantine era.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Ancient Greek authors / edited by Ward W. Briggs.

Summary

Essays on the authors of Greek literature. Discusses various genres, including: the Homeric epic; seventh and sixth century lyric poetry; drama including tragedies; the choral lyric; prose; philosophy and rhetoric; scholarship; didactic poetry and history. Covers authors considered the greatest authors of classical Greece. Christian writers are not included in this volume nor are writers of the Byzantine era.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Gale Research
  • Place of Publication:Detroit, Mich
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1997.

Notes

"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xv, 472 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780810399396, 0810399393
  • oclc:ocn317598075
  • LC Classification:PA3064
  • Dewey Decimal:880.9/001

Table of Contents

Aeschines (circa 390 B.C.-circa 320 B.C.) -- Aeschylus (525 or 524 B.C.-456 or 455 B.C.) -- Alcaeus (born circa 620 B.C.) -- Apollonius Rhodius (third century B.C.) -- Aratus of Soli (circa 315 B.C.-circa 239 B.C.) -- Archilochus (mid 7th century B.C.E.) -- Aristophanes (circa 446 B.C.-circa 386 B.C.) -- Aristotle (384 B.C. -322 B.C.) -- Arrian (circa A.D. 89-circa 155) -- Babrius (circa A.D. 150-200) -- Callimachus (circa 306 B.C. -- 240 B.C.) -- Cassius Dio (circa A.D. 155 or 164-post A.D. 229) -- Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.) -- Diogenes Laertius (circa A.D. 200) -- Empedocles (5th century B.C.) -- Epictetus (circa A.D. 55-circa A.D. 125 or 130) -- Epicurus (342 or 341 B.C.-271 or 270 B.C.) -- Euripides (circa 484 B.C.-407 or 406 B.C.) -- Galen of Pergamon (A.D. 129-after 210) -- Gorgias of Leontini (circa 485 B.C.-376 B.C.) -- Heraclitus (flourished circa 500 B.C.) -- Herodotus (circa 484 B.C.-circa 420 B.C.) -- Hesiod (Traditional date- 8th century B.C.) -- Hippocrates of Cos (flourished circa 425 B.C.) -- Homer (circa 8th -- 7th centuries B.C.) -- Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37-100) -- Longinus (circa first century A.D.) -- Lucian (circa A.D. 120-180) -- Lysias (circa 459 B.C. -- ci…

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Subjects

Authors, Greek Authors, Greek -- Biography Bio-bibliography Biographies Dictionaries Écrivains grecs -- Biographies Greek literature Greek literature -- Bio-bibliography Griechisch Literatur

Writers

Briggs, Ward W.

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